Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER delivers a performance curve in Inside that is almost entirely dictated by graphics settings rather than resolution. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 215.9 FPS, but dropping to 4K Low still yields 96 FPS, indicating that the CPU has ample headroom. The more telling metric is the gap between Low and Ultra at the same resolution: at 4K, the spread is 47 FPS (96 vs. 49), while at 1080p, the spread is 110.5 FPS (215.9 vs. 105.4). This widening delta as resolution decreases points to a system where the GTX 1660 SUPER becomes the limiting factor at higher settings, but the Ryzen 5 7600’s single-thread strength (3dmark_single_thread score of 999) keeps frame rates elevated even at 4K Low.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a predictable scaling pattern, but with a notable twist: the percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is not uniform across settings. At Low settings, the frame rate falls from 215.9 FPS to 96 FPS, a reduction of 55.5%. At Medium, the drop is from 173.4 FPS to 80.3 FPS, a 53.7% decline. High settings see a decrease from 108.7 FPS to 46.9 FPS (56.9% lower), while Ultra goes from 105.4 FPS to 49 FPS, a 53.5% reduction. The consistency of these percentages—all hovering near 54-57%—suggests that the GPU’s fillrate and memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s) are the bottleneck at every quality preset.

What is more revealing is the performance headroom at 1440p. At 1440p Low, the combo produces 152.8 FPS, which is 29.2% lower than the 1080p Low result. However, at 4K Low, the frame rate drops another 37.2% from the 1440p figure. This non-linear scaling implies that the GTX 1660 SUPER’s 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and 192-bit bus are sufficient for 1440p but begin to struggle at 4K, even with minimal graphical load. For a game like Inside, which is a Puzzle Platformer with modest geometry, the data indicates that the CPU is rarely the constraint; the GPU’s compute throughput (5.027 TFLOPS FP32) is the primary governor.

The most practical interpretation is that this combo is best suited for 1080p High or 1440p Medium. At 1080p Ultra, the frame rate is 105.4 FPS, which is still smooth, but the 4K Ultra result of 49 FPS shows that the GPU cannot sustain high quality at that resolution. The 4K Medium result of 80.3 FPS is playable, but the 4K High result of 46.9 FPS falls below typical 60 FPS thresholds. Benchmark results indicate that users targeting 4K should stick to Low or Medium presets, while 1080p and 1440p users have more flexibility.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global database of tested CPU-GPU combinations for Inside, this pairing ranks 1477 out of 1671 combos. This places it in the bottom 11.6% of all tested systems, which is a low position for a modern CPU. The Ryzen 5 7600 itself is a strong performer—its avgBenchmarkScore is 26617, putting it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs and just 0.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D. However, the GTX 1660 SUPER’s avgBenchmarkScore of 14286 places it in the 55th percentile of all GPUs, and it trails the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT by 0.7%.

The combination’s rank is dragged down substantially by the GPU. The CPU’s nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-12900HK (0.2% ahead) and the Intel Core i9-11900K (0.3% behind), indicating that the processor is competitive with high-end chips from previous generations. Yet, the GPU’s nearest rivals are integrated or entry-level parts like the AMD Radeon Vega 11 (0.5% behind) and the Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics (0.2% behind), which shows that the 1660 SUPER is at the bottom of the discrete GPU hierarchy.

This disparity creates a situation where the combo rank is more indicative of GPU limitations than CPU potential. The data shows that many systems with weaker CPUs but stronger GPUs would outrank this pairing in Inside, a game that is not CPU-intensive. The 1477th rank is a clear signal that the GTX 1660 SUPER is the constraining component, and users with this combo would see significant gains from a GPU upgrade while keeping the Ryzen 5 7600.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution and settings for this combo in Inside?*

A: The measured FPS data shows that 1080p High (108.7 FPS) and 1440p Medium (124.4 FPS) provide the best balance of visual quality and frame rate. 4K is only playable at Low (96 FPS) or Medium (80.3 FPS).

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7600 bottlenecking the GTX 1660 SUPER in this game?

A: No. The CPU’s 3dmark_single_thread score of 999 and the fact that frame rates drop by 55.5% from 1080p Low to 4K Low indicate the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU is far more powerful than the GPU needs.

Q: How does this combo compare to a system with a Ryzen 7 5800X3D?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26617, which is 0.2% higher than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D’s 26574. In Inside, the combo rank would likely be similar because the GPU is identical.

Q: Why is the 4K Ultra frame rate (49 FPS) so close to the 4K High frame rate (46.9 FPS)?

A: Both settings are likely hitting the GPU’s memory bandwidth or shader throughput limits. The delta of 2.1 FPS is minimal, whereas the gap between 4K Low (96 FPS) and 4K Medium (80.3 FPS) is 15.7 FPS, showing that the GPU struggles with higher quality presets.

Q: Can this combo handle 1440p Ultra?

A: The measured result is 74.3 FPS, which is above 60 FPS and playable. However, the margin is thinner than at 1440p High (78.9 FPS), and the GPU is nearing its limits.

Q: What does the combo rank of 1477 out of 1671 tell us?

A: It indicates that this pairing is in the bottom 11.6% of tested systems for Inside. This is primarily due to the GTX 1660 SUPER’s 55th percentile GPU score, not the CPU’s 83rd percentile score.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce 215.9 FPS, which is the maximum measured across all resolutions. Medium settings yield 173.4 FPS, High settings drop to 108.7 FPS, and Ultra settles at 105.4 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is only 3.3 FPS, suggesting that Ultra adds minimal visual benefit for the performance cost.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates are still high but show a clear step down. Low settings achieve 152.8 FPS, Medium reaches 124.4 FPS, High drops to 78.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 74.3 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 45.5 FPS, which is larger than the gap between High and Ultra (4.6 FPS). This indicates that the High preset introduces a significant shader or texture load that the GPU’s 1408 shading units struggle with.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more variable. Low settings produce 96 FPS, Medium yields 80.3 FPS, High drops to 46.9 FPS, and Ultra is 49 FPS. Notably, Ultra is slightly faster than High by 2.1 FPS, which is within a margin of error but suggests that the High preset may have an inefficient rendering path. The 4K results show that the GPU’s 48 ROPs and 6 GB of VRAM are insufficient for high-quality rendering at this resolution. The 4K Low result of 96 FPS is the only 4K preset that clears 60 FPS comfortably.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is a Turing-architecture GPU built on a 12 nm process, featuring 1408 shading units, 88 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. Its base clock is 1530 MHz, boosting to 1785 MHz, and the memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) across a 192-bit bus, yielding 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The 6 GB of GDDR6 VRAM is a critical factor in Inside; the data shows that 4K High (46.9 FPS) and 4K Ultra (49 FPS) are nearly identical, likely because the GPU runs out of memory bandwidth or shader throughput before VRAM capacity becomes an issue.

The GPU’s 5.027 TFLOPS of FP32 performance places it in the 55th percentile of all GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 14286 is 0.7% below the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT. In Inside, the GPU’s role is dominant at 4K, where the frame rate scales almost linearly with resolution. At 1080p, the GPU is less stressed, allowing the Ryzen 5 7600’s 5.10 GHz boost clock to push frame rates past 200 FPS at Low settings.

The GTX 1660 SUPER’s end-of-life production status and 125 W TDP make it a modest performer by modern standards. Its DirectX 12 (12_1) support is sufficient for Inside, which does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS (no RT cores or tensor cores are present). The GPU’s 85.68 GPixel/s pixel rate and 157.1 GTexel/s texture rate are the key metrics for this game’s 2D-style rendering, and they explain why 1080p Medium (173.4 FPS) is so much faster than 4K Medium (80.3 FPS)—the fillrate requirement quadruples with resolution. The data shows that the GPU is the clear performance ceiling for this combo, and any CPU upgrade would yield no benefit in Inside without also upgrading the graphics card.